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First the community organizers, then the science community
More on the "overhead projector" earmark. Looks like Johnny Mac is getting really good at getting people ticked off:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ynews/ynews_pl78
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October 9, 2008 5:30 PM | Reply | Permalink
Great quotes:
The science community is notoriously tight-knit, especially when rallying to a cause, and boy are they are rallying to this one. Alan Boyle's Cosmic Log has a great summary of the uproar:
-"For McCain to use this as a political zinger is insulting..." (Bad Astronomy)
-"Planetariums are Bridges to the Future, and America would be a much better place if all the congressional earmarks went to projects like them." (The Perfect Silence)
-"The logo for Senator John McCain's campaign has a star in the middle. I wonder what his guide star is? It can't be the same one that ten million children have seen at the Adler Planetarium. Why should anyone want their star to dim?" (Discovery Space)
October 9, 2008 5:32 PM | Reply | Permalink
Thanks for following up with quotes. I'd just stumbled on that article as I was about to leave the office, and I didn't have time to give it the treatment it deserved, but I thought it needed to be shared.
October 10, 2008 2:29 AM | Reply | Permalink
"All Things Considered" had a piece on this. Just Makes McCain look stupid.
October 9, 2008 5:38 PM | Reply | Permalink